Life is so fast paced these days that one does not really have a lot of time outside of work. We may have heard our friends and colleagues say in the recent years that they have been so busy with work that they have not found time to do the simplest of things... Sometimes, I feel that life is just racing past me and I am afraid that one day, I am going to look back and see many years behind me - years that I hardly noticed go by!
In this fast paced environment, one does not have time to even talk to parents, let alone friends. So, how does one maintain these relationships? Isn't "keeping in touch" via phone or email or meeting in person essential to all relationships? The answer, surprisingly, is NO.
In all these years, I have realized that you don't really have to see or talk to each other frequently to stay in touch. A simple thought is all that counts. A remembrance about a silly incident, a memory of an emotional moment together is enough to bring a smile to the lips or a tear to the eye. And, in that moment, you have established contact with the person you were thinking about and thus, kept "in touch"!
I have never kept in constant touch with my friends.... I am bad at returning phone calls and emails. It just slips my mind every time I decide to email or call a person later. Like they say, tomorrow never comes. But, I always think about calling them, talk about them, reminisce about our sweet moments together.... But I know that, somehow, it does not matter... The simple thought has done the necessary work!
2 comments:
There are too many people like that...I'm one of them...don't be too hard on yourself about it. As you say, the thought is what counts.
Good words.
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